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Art and Sustainability

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Chapter by Maja and Reuben Fowkes on Art and Sustainability in Enough for All Forever: A Handbook for Learning about Sustainability, eds Joy Morray, et. al. (Common Ground:Champaign, Illinois, 2012) ‘The […]

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Ruri

September 27, 2011by Roobarb Leave a comment

The first comprehensive monograph about Icelandic artist Ruri has just been published Ruri_Book-1 “For me art is philosophy. My works are concerned with the connections between man, the earth, and […]

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Animal Ecologies Symposium

May 9, 2011by Roobarb Leave a comment

ANIMAL ECOLOGIES IN VISUAL CULTURE 8th of October 2011 UCL, London The symposium proposes an exploration of artistic practices involved with animals and environments.  In the recent re-surfacing of the […]

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the concept of (un) sustainability

March 29, 2011by Roobarb Leave a comment

A new book promises to explore how modernity has ‘degenerated into a culture of unsustainability’ Sacha Kagan. Art and Sustainability: Connecting Patterns for a Culture of Complexity. Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, […]

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From Stockholm to Copenhagen via Rio: Art and Ecology in the Wake of the Global Summits

August 27, 2010by Roobarb 3 Comments

Talk at Muzeum Sztuki in Lodz on 2 September 2010 The pattern of world environmental summits has been one of raised hopes for global action in tackling ecological crisis, followed […]

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Post-Fordism in the Puszta

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Last weekend’s symposium on Sustainability and Contemporary Art, the 5th annual collaboration between Translocal and the Dept of Environmental Science and Policy and Centre for Arts and Culture at Central […]

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Art, Post-Fordism and Eco-Critique

February 2, 2010by Roobarb 1 Comment

International Symposium at CEU Budapest 19-20 March 2010 The 2010 Symposium on Sustainability and Contemporary Art brings together artists, philosophers, environmental scientists and activists to explore the conundrum of capitalism’s […]

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Biennial Culture and Sustainability

December 7, 2009by Roobarb 1 Comment

Contemporary art historians and curators Maja and Reuben Fowkes (Translocal.org) present their on-going research into the Ecological Footprint of Contemporary Art. Concentrating on the ecological impact of major international art gatherings […]

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Carbon Footprint of Art

December 5, 2009by Roobarb Leave a comment

James Marriot of Platform interviewed in the Guardian about art and climate change: “He is scathing, however, of the continuing blindness of artists, curators and institutions to their own enormous […]

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Fastfood Greenwash

December 3, 2009by Roobarb 3 Comments

“McDonald’s is going green – swapping its traditional red backdrop for a deep hunter green – to promote a more eco-friendly image in Europe. About 100 German McDonald’s restaurants will […]

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The Growing Stockpile of Contemporary Art

November 24, 2009by Roobarb 1 Comment

Here is a recent take on a problem that was first identified in the early 70s, the steady increase in the stockpile of art objects and what to do with […]

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Art and the Vision for the Future (Third Text 100)

November 23, 2009by Roobarb Leave a comment

The special 100th issue of Third Text subtitled ‘Art and Vision for the Future’ contains a number of contributions that deal with art and sustainability, not least of which is […]

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Biennial Culture and Sustainability

November 19, 2009by Roobarb Leave a comment

Contemporary art historians and curators Maja and Reuben Fowkes (Translocal.org) present their on-going research into the Ecological Footprint of Contemporary Art. Concentrating on the ecological impact of major international art gatherings […]

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Interview about Art and Sustainability

June 30, 2009by Roobarb 2 Comments

Maja and Reuben Fowkes interviewed in Antennae Magazine – the whole issue can be downloaded from their site as a pdf or you can just read the interview Pages from […]

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Going Nuclear at the RSA

November 30, 2008by Roobarb 5 Comments

The recent symposium on Art and Radioactivity at the Royal Society of Arts proved an exception to the many generalised discussions around art and ecology, by focusing on the specific […]

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REHAB online

April 7, 2008by Roobarb 1 Comment

Photo documentation of the recent exhibition REHAB at Labor Gallery Budapest can now be found on the gallery website. Documentation of the Exit or Activism? symposium at CEU Budapest will […]

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